Your Body Loves & Needs Vitamin D

Vitamin D is necessary for the regulation of the minerals calcium and phosphorus found in the body. It also plays a vital role in maintaining proper bone structure.

Exposure of the hands, face, arms, and legs to sunlight two to three times a week is all the body needs to manufacture sufficient vitamin D.

Regardless, vitamin D deficiency is more common than you would guess. Deficiency occurs even in sunny locations simply due to people staying indoors most of the day or by using too strong of a sun blocking screen.

Another cause of low levels of D even when taking significant amounts of vitamin D may be insufficient vitamin C. It is the critical factor to both prevent and reverse osteoporosis

You make as much D as you will make just prior to pinkness which might be 7 minutes in very light skin and as much as 120 minutes in very dark skin, therefore sunning longer will not produce more.

Supplement companies are selling vitamin D in doses from 500 IU to as much as 50,000 IU. Supplement companies periodically send newsletters continuing to report the benefits of vitamin D and harmful effects of having too little D.

Some people need more D, from sunlight and/or supplements. Some people don't. Some people need more than other people because of many and varied reasons.

Having enough D simply makes life better.

One of the known protectors of skin cells from pre-cancerous changes is vitamin D and your skin actually contains the enzyme that converts sunlight D into active calcitriol.

UV-B is the only band of light producing vitamin D and it is blocked by sunscreen.

Low D needs to be diagnosed and corrected. Reasonably priced testing is available in most parts of the developed world.

Getting enough vitamin D, from sunlight or supplements, is important to health and longevity but too much supplemental D or sunlight can be disease producing. Too much, too little is the only way to know how much D you have and how much sunlight or D you need to maintain D sufficiency is to test.

Learn the facts, be healthy!

Sunlight & Vitamin D Information

Sunlight & Vitamin D Information seeks to keep the public informed and aware of the benefits of Vitamin D supplements and the best sources of it.